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It really means no-one is excluded
Mary Clare has been a physiotherapist at Gloucestershire House, a Leonard Cheshire service, since 2000. She created our inclusive cycling project, Gloucestershire Wheels for All.
Honour and privilege
Alistair is a former English rugby union player, county cricketer, BBC presenter and Leonard Cheshire trustee.
Showing what we stand for
Dick Harris is a project officer for Leonard Cheshire. He lived at our Oxfordshire Cheshire Home for nine years in the 1970s.
I shall never cease to be grateful
Sue has been a lifelong supporter of our Heatherley home in Sussex.
Painting takes my mind off the stresses of life
Roger lives in a flat owned by Leonard Cheshire Disability next to our Seven Springs service in Kent. The former racing driver is now an acclaimed mouthpainting artist.
Maisie Golding
Maisie was a Change 100 intern at Wall to Wall in 2015.
Assistive technology transforms lives
Learn how new assistive technology is helping change the day to day lives of residents living at St Teresa's
Sixty’s story – A rightful leader
Sixty Kamara was ready to take on a leadership role in his community in Sierra Leone, following in the footsteps of his father. But stigma around disability meant his community thought he was not ‘fit for the role’. Since then, Sixty has been...
Finding confidence and new friends
Emmaculate took part in one of our i2i workshops in Nairobi. She tells us about her experience of job hunting and what she learned from the experience.
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